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  • Discover how to spot pension poaching scammers and report financial fraud

    Discover how to spot pension poaching scammers and report financial fraud

    Financial scammers often target Veterans, especially those who may be isolated, physically or mentally disabled, unfamiliar with handling their finances, or have recently lost a spouse. They may try to exploit you or your family to steal money, property, or personal information.

  • Prevent pension poaching fraud and protect your VA benefits

    Prevent pension poaching fraud and protect your VA benefits

    Pension Poaching is a financial scam targeting Veterans and their families who are potentially eligible for VA benefits.

  • How to avoid scams when applying for VA pension benefits

    How to avoid scams when applying for VA pension benefits

    The Veterans Pension program provides compensation to wartime Veterans who meet certain age or disability requirements and have limited income and net worth. Here's how to avoid getting scammed.

  • Know who to trust with your VA pension benefits

    Know who to trust with your VA pension benefits

    This video from VBA helps Veterans and their families better understand pension poaching and who they can trust when filing pension claims.

  • Pension Poaching: Learn to spot scammers and who you can trust for support

    Pension Poaching: Learn to spot scammers and who you can trust for support

    Have you ever heard of the scam called pension poaching? It is a financial hoax used by scammers to defraud you of your VA pension benefits.

  • Protect your benefits: Beat pension poachers to the punch

    Protect your benefits: Beat pension poachers to the punch

    VA has seen an increase of fraudsters and pension poachers targeting the pension benefits of elderly Veterans, their dependents and survivors.

  • Enhanced pension benefits can help eligible wartime Veterans, surviving spouses increase income

    Enhanced pension benefits can help eligible wartime Veterans, surviving spouses increase income

    If you are a wartime Veteran who meets certain income, [...]

  • VA works to complete compensation & pension exams postponed due to the pandemic

    VA works to complete compensation & pension exams postponed due to the pandemic

    VA encourages Veterans who had to put their compensation & pension exams on hold due to the pandemic to come in for appointments.

  • Veterans could be targets of pension poaching scams

    Veterans could be targets of pension poaching scams

    If you currently receive VA pension or are thinking about applying for Veterans Pension, you could be the target of a scam known as pension poaching.

  • VA pension provides support for qualifying Veterans, survivors

    VA pension provides support for qualifying Veterans, survivors

    VA pension is an income-based benefit offered to qualifying Veterans and their survivors.

  • VA limits apportionment of disability benefits

    VA limits apportionment of disability benefits

    A new ruling limits the circumstances for apportionment of compensation, pension and DIC benefits, and will stop making need-based apportionments going forward.

  • Cheyenne VA approves first medical foster home in its service area 

    Cheyenne VA approves first medical foster home in its service area 

    Cheyenne VA Health Care System approved its first medical foster home, giving Veterans a new long-term care option in a home-like setting.

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Last updated November 17, 2022

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